Managing European cormorant-fisheries conflicts: Problems, practicalities and policy

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 401-413

  Marzano, M ^a,c   Carss, D N ^a   Cheyne, I ^b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Human wildlife conflict; Pan European; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84883791322     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12025     Document Type: Article

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